The Promised Land
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo % Mama Tried % Deal % New Minglewood Blues % Peggy-O % Big River % Sugaree % Johnny B. Goode
Set 2
Samson And Delilah % Comes A Time ->
Jam ->
The Other One Jam ->
Drums ->
The Other One ->
Space ->
Eyes Of The World ->
Jam ->
The Other One ->
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad ->
One More Saturday Night
Encore
U.S. Blues
Not Fade Away
Notes
This source contains the following fix - I smoothed out the splice in Eyes by crossfading it in Cool Edit Pro. The original splice had a one note repeat at the beginning (~2:39)and a ~2.5 sec repeat at the end (~3:18), very jarring. Because there was only a small overlap in the beginning the crossfade is still noticeable, but not nearly as jarring as hearing the repeats. Because there was more overlap at the end of the splice I was able to make the transition much more transparent there.
Bill Tetzeli (btet@adelphia.net)
3/28/2006
"Eyes of the World" has a 45-second splice from a cassette sbd.
Reviewer:Mind Wondrin
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July 16, 2023 (edited)
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Comes an Orpheum
The fifth night of a six-show run in this 2000-seater. Though not quite as good overall as the nights before/after, it's still a fine show and is
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known for a couple of unique, must-hear sequences. First Set. At first the mix is terrible, missing two or three players. Unfortunately this is also true front-of-house, so AUDs do not help for the first few. Mississippi Half-Step is okay in fits and starts, but at Mama Tried it's still a wash, with Bobby's guitar missing from all sources. The SBD/OFF loses the mic for the first 50secs of Deal, but now you can use the AUD to hear all players. This is a wonderful example of Jer playing something angular, unique. The '76s can be quite staid, but this fits this slot. Unfortunately Bobby's guitar goes missing again for most of Minglewood. The mix settles in time for a great Big River. Keith does a Jerry Lee Lewis style and Jer lays highly original leads. You 'll have to let yourself get into the groove for the big Sugaree, which has more originality+ from Jer/Keith. Johnny B. Goode is enough to leave 'em happy for the break. Second Set. Most of the repeats from the night before are better in that show, including this Samson (though it's still GOGD). But this Comes a Time is a must-hear. One of the oddest, it has a long tuning/intro, and a kewl long jam. Coming out of the latter, @15½mins Jer teases TOO, but it doesn't take at first – it goes to the drummers instead. Then, after one verse, The Other One enters a jam labeled "Space" on some setlists. It's not, but it is an out there, TOO jam like you see in '72s; far longer than the usual '76, if never really finding "X". Before it comes back, Bobby starts an Eyes of the World. And what an Eyes. Notice how, after 8mins, Keith starts a little riff and Jer quickly starts to play against it & with it. As they quiet down, after a couple mins Bobby starts to flex it, and stretch it, and Jer eventually discovers a second riff...which morphs back into some Eyes-adjacent playing (and Phil quotes GDtRFB). Then there's some vamping while Keith continues, to fall back to TOO's 2nd verse. Phil gets his Goin' Down the Road, with Bobby now OOT, and the rest is average '76. They sound a bit tired for U.S. Blues (and Bobby is again OOT), yet Jer extends the solo. The houselights are on, Greensleeves is playing, but (very rare in this era) they come out again, for a Not Fade Away. It's a bit tired/monotone-ish and as much as they stick to it, it does not pick up. 1st Set: B- 2nd Set: C+ Overall = 3¼ stars Highlights: Deal – if you use an AUD or composite Big River – Keith/Jer play off each other Sugaree – understated but big, +Keith Comes a Time – casual, tight, wandering, all of the above at the same time Eyes of the World – great & connected to its own jam SOURCES: The fricker-fix_tetzeli_34708 is the best SBD. However, Minglewood through TOO is slightly slow and needs +1% pitch correction. U.S. Blues wobbles, but mostly needs +1% pitch. All SBDs [& OFF] are more or less useless for the first part of the first set. You'll need an AUD; the best is 141966_ecm270, which needs +1% pitch. Dave's 18 has the whole show. It needs +1% correction for Minglewood through Samson, plus U.S. Blues.
Reviewer:c-freedom
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April 22, 2017 (edited)
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The poor boy is on the line..
Great Sound right out of the gate for PROMISED.. Half Step- just making it's 2nd appearance of 76. With a quality recording like this you can hear Donna
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Jean getting right in there for the chorus. "Hello, Baby, I am gone goodbye half a cup of rock n rye" Garcia puts some umph on the last verse before Rio Grande,, Their sound is so laid back. Keith! Garcia's guitar work!! one fine Uptown Toodelo. Classics the rest of the way. with a rare Johnny B Goode 1st set closer. Set Two (Read em and weep!) Samson And Delilah Comes A Time ->Jam ->TOO tease-> Drums ->Other 1 ->Space ->Eyes ->Jam ->The Other One ->GDTRFB->Sat Night comments-Beautiful Comes a Time. Other One gets the full treatment! Where's Donna? Encore Warm-up---U.S. Blues Encore-- N.F.A (14 minutes!) Enough said. 5++
Reviewer:Pangolin22
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April 24, 2011 Subject:
Not the best of the year
Not bad but there's much, much better from 76. Really nice jam out of Comes a Time.
Reviewer:Dylan M
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December 10, 2010 Subject:
ORPHEUM 76
A great run in general. Not very well documented in the tapes. For what we have we are Grateful. Archive sights the opening show of the run as a curators
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choice, so obviously there is something special going on. 1976 in general was kind of a warm up half-year in general, with the band playing less shows than normal, so for a multiple night engagement with jazzy interpretations, this show fits in well. Could be the best version the band ever played of COMES A TIME. Sixteen minutes.... WOW!! Not necessarily as energetic as the epic 1977.5.9 Buffalo performance, but still noteworthy for its length and exploratory nature. Never in the sixteen minutes do they venture into other territory, sticking with the COMES A TIME mold and evolving it into its jazzy expiration into drums. WHAT's MORE GRATEFUL DEAD than that. 5 star recording and performance. No arguments. Up their in the top ten shows of 76' certainly.
Reviewer:kefka0630
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July 17, 2010 Subject:
Are the other reviewers listening to the same show??
Wow, this show is fantastic! Set 2 is worth an official release as far as I'm concerned! Just listen to the 1974-MLB-Esque freak out jam that comes out
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of the Other One Jam... The Eyes is a real knock out too. And the sound quality is pretty good to top it off. Definitely a winner from a year not given much credit.
Reviewer:BataviaSparky
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May 15, 2010 Subject:
after its time
Harkens back to 73 with highly exploratory OO. Eyes has swell jamming throughout, love the unique theme at 8:00, a very different sound for Eyes. Recording
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is a bit iffy for the picky ones, surely bearable though.
Reviewer:Live77Dead
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May 14, 2010 Subject:
Very nice
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